A commentary or, exposition upon the divine second epistle general, writtenA commentary or, exposition vpon the diuine second epistle generall, written

In it What; an ensample To whom, To those, &c. •o that if we avoid their sins, we shall escape their plagues. Here are various observations deducible.

In it What; an ensample To whom, To those, &c. •o that if we avoid their sins, we shall escape their plagues. Here are various obser•ations deducible.

First, the number of the Cities; but two are mentioned in the Text, but certainly moe were involved in the ruin.^c All the plain; likely that more cities on that •laine than two. It was a great circuit of ground, as appeareth by the dead sea there, which Josephus, who was brought up in the country, gives to be threescore and •elve miles in length, and nineteen miles broad. The number of them is most like •o be four, so many rehearsed by Moses; ^dSodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zebo•. But it is objected,^e That the fire fell down upon the five Cities: therefore five•ome think that Zoar also perished, though for a time it was preserved by the inter•ssion of Lot. But this supposition is false, for it was known by the name of Zo• in^f Isaiah's time; His fugitives shall flee unto Zoar. Before it was called Bela, now […] Lot changed the name, so God changed the condition; little in quantity, great in e favour of mercy. And for that of the Five cities, the word is Pentapolis, that […] the place where those five Cities stood. Two more cities perished, but Sodom d Gomorrah are only mentioned, because they were the capital cities, and metrolies both in the sin and punishment. Where observe,